Karzai Suggests Afghan Taliban Target Pakistan

By

Margherita Stancati And

Habib Khan Totakhil

May 4, 2013 12:13 p.m. ET

KABUL—Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday suggested that the Taliban should turn their weapons against Pakistan, escalating tensions with Islamabad days after the two countries exchanged fire along a disputed border.

Speaking to reporters in Kabul, Mr. Karzai praised an Afghan policeman who died in Wednesday's border clash and then called on the Taliban to "target the place that is hostile to Afghanistan."